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Re: [PATCH 1/2] GDB test suite: Add helper for locating core files


On Fri, 13 Oct 2017, Andreas Arnez wrote:

> >> Exactly, that's why I originally wrote is_remote instead.  And I also
> >> wondered why the core dump tests check isnative.  Does anyone run the
> >> testsuite on a native remote setup?
> >
> >  Well, I had cases where I did that, and offhand I can find two reasons:
> >
> > 1. You want to verify `gdbserver' itself rather than GDB, in which case 
> >    you may even run it locally (i.e. where the remote target is really 
> >    `localhost').
> 
> This is the native-gdbserver setup, right?  In that case the core dump
> tests should work...

 Yes and indeed.

> > 2. You want to test a feature (e.g. an extra register set) only your 
> >    target system has and it is too slow or unequipped to run DejaGNU 
> >    itself.
> 
> ...and in this case they shouldn't.  Do you remember whether you saw
> FAILs from corefile.exp and friends?

 Nope, sorry.  It was a while ago and I only looked for regressions with 
whatever I meant to verify and not preexisting failures anyway.

  Maciej


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